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Originally Posted by KJSatz
What alternatives to arduino are there, and which ones are you guys leaning towards (both generally, such as PIC vs. AVR, and specifically)?
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Short term it looks like a plain atmega168/328 avr is a good choice with avr-gcc. It has all been sorted out already and shares much in common with the atmega8 used in the motor controller project, as well as with the mpguino, and the arduino. So that means less futzing and more productive time, but decoupling from arduino will mean even less futzing with version issues and random cpu upgrades.
I have looked at a PIC, PIC18F4580-I/P , specifically because it has CAN onboard and comes in a through hole. But I'm a long way from doing anything interesting with it as it is a completely different platform. I wouldn't expect to inflict the inner details on the general ecomodder population.
P.S. Beav, that thread was 10 months old.